In July this year, LaSalle Investment Management said publicly for the first time that its 28-year veteran global head of real estate research and strategy, Jacques Gordon, was retiring from the business at the end of the year to pursue interests in higher education.
That triggered the elevation of head of Europe research and global portfolio strategies, Brian Klinksiek, as his replacement. Now the firm has revealed a new-look research and strategy team in Europe as the firm completes its restructuring of the group.
Dan Mahoney succeeds LaSalle’s Klinksiek from 1 January 2013 bringing with him 14 years of experience as a strategist in the firm’s North America research & strategy team, where he helped drive investment performance for initiatives including a focus on LaSalle’s US residential strategies. He will report to both Klinksiek and Philip La Pierre, head of Europe.
As part of the restructuring, Petra Blazkova has been appointed to the newly created role of head of research & strategy, core & core-plus capital, Europe. Previously MD within LaSalle’s European research & strategy team, she was responsible for overseeing Continental European market analysis from the London office. In her new capacity, she will relocate to Munich to work with David Ironside, fund manager of Encore+, and Uwe Rempis, fund manager of LaSalle E-REGI, as well as the firm’s separate accounts.
Completing the changes, Dominic Silman has been appointed as head of research & strategy, debt & value-add capital, Europe. Previously senior strategist within LaSalle’s European research & strategy team, he continues to be based in the London office and will work directly with Michael Zerda, head of debt & value-add Strategies, on the firm’s European debt strategies and recently reconstituted value-add platform. Both Blazkova and Silman report to Mahoney.
La Pierre said: 'Dan, Petra and Dom’s collective experience will be key to our in-house market-leading intelligence and the delivery of competitive investment performance across the full spectrum of our products. They will play a vital role in informing investment decisions and portfolio construction, particularly as we continue to diversify our asset allocation, grow our value-add strategies and build upon our well-established debt series.'
